09-30-2020, 11:32 PM
(09-28-2020, 12:56 PM)Big Boss Wrote: Your weekly friendly reminder!
Troy Blackburn (March 2019):
“For those who say you shouldn’t have signed Bobby Hart, who is going to play right tackle? Who? Oh, maybe you’ll draft one in the third round and he’ll come on. Really? You’re going to bet your season on that? We may still draft somebody. We haven’t had the draft yet. But you just can’t criticize. In our business you have to solve the problem. If you’re not going to play him, tell me who? Trent Brown at $17 million? Really? A seventh-round draft pick? Let go essentially by his team. Really? We can’t go to WalMart and buy off the shelf. A high quality starting right tackle? That doesn’t exist (in free agency). You have to deal in the universe of options you have. We ended up signing eight guys. That’s probably above average. Were they perfect? You’re not going to get perfect. …”
You draft a guy higher then the 6th round or trade a player for a decent guy you do not just throw your hands up in the air and say nobody is a decent FA pickup so oh well our franchise QB can just run for his life this year. How about not spending 18 million for a WR for one year after he sat out all year over a boo-boo last year. It is Tobin's job to get creative and fix the issue or get a coach that can no excuse for getting Burrow sacked 8 times in a game. Burrow does not need 18 million dollar WR he does just fine throwing to any WR we got.
As far as XSF goes even if he is decent we was still thin on the O-line and need depth not to mention a decent starting RT.
